This weeks upcoming predictable space and astronomy events and anniversaries (10 – 16 March 2014)

Send to KindlePosted 9 March 2014 This post is biased towards events that can be seen with the unaided eye or via the Internet. It also can only cover predictable events. Random events such as asteroid impacts won’t be listed. Where events are time specific, I have listed the events in AEST (Australian Eastern Standard Time) […]

This weeks upcoming predictable space and astronomy events and anniversaries (3 – 9 March 2014)

Send to KindlePosted 2 March 2014 This post is biased towards events that can be seen with the unaided eye or via the Internet. It also can only cover predictable events. Random events such as asteroid impacts won’t be listed. Where events are time specific, I have listed the events in AEST (Australian Eastern Standard Time) […]

This weeks upcoming predictable space and astronomy events (24 February – 2 March 2014)

Send to KindlePosted 23 February 2014 This post is biased towards events that can be seen with the unaided eye or via the Internet. It also can only cover predictable events. Random events such as asteroid impacts won’t be listed. Where events are time specific, I have listed the events in AEST (Australian Eastern Standard Time) […]

RT @SpaceX: [PHOTO] Engineers pack #Dragon with ca…

Send to KindleRT @SpaceX: [PHOTO] Engineers pack #Dragon with cargo, incl. support for more than 150 science investigations on the #ISS http://t.co/wlTDM…

RT @esa: Cool! MT @ESO: Our VLT is keeping an eye…

Send to KindleRT @esa: Cool! MT @ESO: Our VLT is keeping an eye on @ESA_Rosetta’s comet! Latest image we took — ESO Picture of the Week http://t.co/Jqlvbit.ly/1fZW9Y6

RT @NewHorizons2015: Pluto’s surface atmospheric p…

Send to KindleRT @NewHorizons2015: Pluto’s surface atmospheric pressure & temperature are similar to that in the Earth’s mesosphere, the region just abov…

Scaling the Universe. A modern version of ‘Powers of Ten’

Send to KindleOne of the problems with understanding the size of the universe and everything in it, is it’s size. The famous 1977 film ‘Powers of Ten’ by Charles and Ray Eames first tackled this first (see below). In 2012, Cary & Michael Huang created a modern version of the classic video Powers of Ten through a […]

Free download: Term 1 2014 Student Astronomy Newsletter Now Available

Send to KindleThe Term 1 2014 edition of my ‘Amazing Space!’ newsletter for students is now available for free download from this website. This term’s issue includes: Finder charts for Jupiter. No telescope required. Constellation finder charts for the Southern Cross and Orion Moon phases for January – March 2014 Preview of 29 April 2014 Partial Solar Eclipse […]

Now available for free download: Solar eclipse pinhole viewer for 29 April 2014 partial solar eclipse

Send to KindleAs per my 2014 Astronomy Events Calendar, we are lucky enough in Australia to have two lunar eclipses and one partial solar eclipse this year. Unlike lunar eclipses, partial solar eclipses are not safe to look directly at without the use of specialist solar filters most commonly sold by telescope shops. There are […]

Stunning image of Brisbane’s lights and part of ISS from space

Send to Kindle(Posted 8 March 2014) If you read the Courier-Mail yesterday, you would have seen the stunning image of Brisbane’s lights from space on the front cover taken by one of the crew on board the International Space Station. It turns out the image is relatively old (2011) but that doesn’t mean it is […]

Crescent Moon sets over the Brindabellas

Send to KindleTonight’s crescent Moon setting over the Brindabellas earlier this evening.

Another stunning Canberra sunset

Send to KindlePosted 30 January 2014 Yet another stunning Canberra sunset over the Brindabellas (thanks to my Samsung Galaxy Note 3 mobile phone’s camera).